By Tim Green
Warner Books
Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged) and Audio CD (Abridged) Editions

Jack Ruskin is an incredibly successful attorney and devoted father. After his daughter is kidnapped and sexually molested, his intellect becomes the tool of tracking known perverts and eliminating them from society. As he hunts and kills perverts, he ends up being hunted by both Amanda Lee and David McGrew in a thrilling battle of wits and deduction.

In an enthralling tale that reflects today's headlines regarding missing children, author Tim Green has written a book sure to engage the interest of many readers. Here is a well-plotted story with many twists and turns sure to please readers of thrillers.

The Fifth Angel Excerpt He squeezed his eyes shut tight, wondering what if would feel like to die. Then he pulled the gun from his mouth and slammed it down on the table. If he was mad enough to kill himself, then fine. He could always do that. But he would be dammed if he weren't going to kill someone else first. ©2003 Tim Green Published with permission from Warner Books

The moral issue of killing is brought sharply into focus and certainly warrants a thoughtful response by the reader to such a question and premise.

This story is loaded with attention-grabbing detail and locales that reverberate with authenticity and, ultimately, an ending that is pleasing in the completion of many of the complexities of the story. There are descriptions in this novel that are brutally graphic, but appropriate to the story being told.

The Fifth Angel is not a read for the faint-hearted, but worthy of being read by anyone for the solid foundation on which the story is based and told.

Bookworm's Briefing
Here's a fast-paced and enthralling thriller that dices with the age-old issue of killing. The Fifth Angel is an enjoyable read for the stout-hearted. But, there is graphic violence in this story. It is a story, as modern as today, which should interest any reader that likes thrillers.

Tim Green is a practicing attorney-at-law and author of seven previous thrillers, including The Fourth Perimeter. He practices law and lives with his family in upstate New York.